Each team can select one of a number of colored shirts, and the AI opponent is graded into 9 different difficulty levels.

There are also six colors a person can choose from for play: red, yellow, blue, grey, white, and orange.

International Soccer was well received, gaining a Certificate of Merit in the category of "1984 Best Computer Sports Game" at the 5th annual Arkie Awards.

[5]: 28  InfoWorld described International Soccer as Commodore's best competitor to the very successful Atarisoft games.

[2] Spencer would later work with Epyx, adapting his sprite coding technique for use on their 1987 game Street Sports Basketball.